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Live auction - bfe_765724 - PRINCIPALITY OF ORANGE - FREDERICK HENRY OF NASSAU Quadruple écu d'or ou double pistole

PRINCIPALITY OF ORANGE - FREDERICK HENRY OF NASSAU Quadruple écu d or ou double pistole AU
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Estimate : 8 000 €
Price : 6 500 €
Maximum bid : 8 500 €
End of the sale : 05 September 2023 17:28:04
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Quadruple écu d'or ou double pistole
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Orange ou Mondragon
Metal : gold
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,12 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette double pistole est frappée sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. La tranche a été légèrement retouchée avec de petits martelage (traces d’un ancien sertissage ?). Revers légèrement concave
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : (F SUR CROISSANT) - FRED. HENR. D. G. PRIN. AVR. CO. NAS, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste tête nue de Frédéric-Henri de Nassau à droite, cuirassé, avec le petit col plat rabattu.
Obverse translation : (Frédéric Henri par la grâce de Dieu, prince d'Orange comte de Nassau).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SOLI. DEO. HONOR. ET. GLORIA (ROSE).
Reverse description : Écu couronné à sept quartiers aux armes de Frédéric-Henri.

Historical background


PRINCIPALITY OF ORANGE - FREDERICK HENRY OF NASSAU

(1625-1647)

Frédéric-Henri (1584-1647) was the youngest son of Guillaume le Taciturne (1533-1584) and his fourth wife Louise de Coligny (1555-1620), married in 1583, daughter of Gaspard de Coligny. Frédéric-Henri is the brother of Philippe-Guillaume (1584-1618) and Maurice (1618-1625). Maurice de Nassau (1567-1625), his half-brother, had a military education and Frédéric-Henri succeeded him as Stadhouder of Holland and Prince of Orange in 1625. Married to Amélie de Solms (1602-1675), he was the father of William II (1616-1650).

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